House-bell



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

JASON BARTON, OF MIDDLE HADDAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-BELL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,532, dated February 14, 1854.

To all whom 'it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, JASON BARTON, oit' Middle Haddam, in the county of Middlesex and State o- Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse- Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is ai full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a transverse view'of a pad, with bells attached; my improvement being shown by red lines. Fig. 2, is a perspective View of one side of the pad; the bells being shown by red-dotted lines. This view is designed to show the method of hanging the tongues.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, in each of the two gures This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in horse-bells; and consists in a peculiar manner of suspending or hanging the tongues within the bells, whereby the position of the tongues may be varied according to the inclination of the sides of the pad to which the bells are attached. The positions of the sides of the pad vary according to the transverse shape of the body of the animal; and by my improvement, the tongues may be adjusted, so as to act properly upon the bells, whatever position the pad and bells may have when attached to the body of the animal.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the construction of the same.

A, represents the pad, constructed of leather or any proper material, and suitably wadded. This pad is placed over the back of the animal, and secured in a proper manner.

B, are the bells, each of which resembles a half-sphere in form. These bells are secured to the upper ends of holders, (a), by means of nuts, (b). The nuts are shown in Fig. 1, and also the holders by red lines. The lower ends of the holders are secured permanently to the pad; and the said holders have small shoulders, (c), seen in Fig. 2, at their upper ends, on which the bells rest; the said bells being secured to the said shoulders firmly, by the nuts, (b). The holders, (a), are of curved form; their lower ends being secured to the pad, at points nearly under the upper edges of the bells, as will be seen in Fig. 2. The holders are curved downward, so that the shoulders, (c), will be under the centers of the upper surfaces of the bells.

C, are the tongues, which rest over the holders, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The tongues are in form of a loop; and at each end is attacheda clapper or ball, (d). There are two places oneach holder, (a),

on which the tongues mayrest; one is a fork,- (e), formed by two small projections on the holders, and the other is lthe curve, (f), just below the shoulders, (c), as seen in Fig. 2. y l

If the sides of the pad, A, are not much inclined, the tongues, C, are placed over the lower points, (f), of the holders; and the tongues will therefore hang nearly in the centers of the bells; but, if the sides are much inclined, the tongues are 'placed in the fork, (e). In Fig. 2, the tongue of one bell is placed in the fork, (6); and the tongue of the other bell is placed over the curve, (f); in order to show the diierent positions.

Thus, by the above improvement, the

tongues, in all cases when the pad is attached to the animal, may be made vto hang nearly in the centers of the bells; and the clappers or balls will operate eiectually against them.

The open or half-spherical bells are far preferable to any other form, as they have greater vibration Without my improved mode of hanging or suspending the tongues,

the open bells could not be used, as the clapl pers or balls would only operate aga-inst the bells, in an effectual manner, when in a certain position. I

I do not claim the employment or use of two clappers or balls in each bell, for they have been previously used; but

Having Vdescribed Vthe nature of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is-

Hanging or suspending the tongues, C, within the bells, in the mannerf substantially as herein shown and described, viz., respective of the positions which the pad having the tongues placed over curved holdand bells may have, when attached to the ers, (a), which are attached to the pad, A; body of the animal. said holders being Within the bells, and so 5 arranged that the tongues may be placed 'Witnesses:

over them at diferent points, and thereby L. PARMELEE, be suspended in the centers of thebells, ir- VALTER TALLMAN.

JASON BARTON. 

